(02-25-2018, 01:43 PM)Upper Wrote: I think Breer was mistaken. Spotrac has it broken down like Arif did too.

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$15M of first-year cash comes in signing bonus, not guaranteed base. That's why his cap hit in 2018 is only $10M. That means the dead cap getting rid of him in 2019 is $16.5M, with $10M coming from accelerated cap and the other $6.5 from base. It costs $16.5M to bail, not $6.5M

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I liked it better when we thought it was 18 mil this year and then an easy cut or a bargain going forward if he takes another step. Now he's basically locked in through 2019 cause we aren't going to mess with 16.5 mil dead cap.

I agree I liked it better when I thought it was the other way, but it makes so much more sense why Bortles signed it now.  It's really $26.5 mil for injury guarantees this year and he'll be on the roster next year as well with that dead money number barring a trade so the non-injury total guarantee is this year's salary plus next year's which is a total of $36 million.

If we draft a QB high this year, and I fully expect we'll make every effort to do so now, Bortles' salary next year won't be terrible for being a back up if it plays out that way.  I really can't imagine us going into next year without the heir apparent on the roster, unless the draft falls terribly bad for us this year.

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